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General
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Measurement, Misc
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Audible patient response
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Use the Configuration Wizard to select Single Responder or Dual Responder setup. See Configuring the Audiometry Mod-
ule ► 101 .
Single Responder setup
• Green
Indicates that the patient is pressing the Patient
Responder.
Dual Responder setup
• Red
Indicates that the patient is pressing the right
response button.
•
Blue
Indicates that the patient is pressing the left
response button.
•
Red and blue
Indicates that the patient is pressing both response
buttons.
4.4 The Masking Assistant
If the Masking Assistant is enabled, it will at all times check for frequencies that may require testing with
masking. This also applies to old audiograms imported from NOAH or XML as long as a supported transducer
was stored with the data.
The Masking Assistant is a tool provided to help you with an indication that there may be frequencies where testing with
masking
1
is recommended.
• The audiogram symbol will flash at the specific frequencies where contralateral masking may be recommended
2
.
1(Katz, J., Lezynski, J. (2002). Clinical Masking. In J. Katz, ed.,
Handbook of Clinical Audiology , Williams and Wilkins, Bal-
timore.)
2Based on criteria described in
Clinical Masking, Essentials of Audiology, Stanley A. Gelfand, Thieme 1997
, and
Meas-
urement of Pure Tone Hearing Thresholds, Audiologists’ Desk Reference - Vol 1, James W. Hall III, H. Gustav Mueller
III, Singular Publishing Group 1997
. and
Munro K.J., Agnew N. A comparison of inter-aural attenuation with the Ety-
motic ER-3A insert earphone and the Telephonics TDH-39 supra-aural earphone. Br J Audiol 1999; 33: 259-262
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4 Navigating in the OTOsuiteAudiometry Module